Metallic bedstead



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METALLIC BEDSTEAD.

Patented Feb. 8, 1898.

0 wasumafon' a c FRANCIS G. GALE, OF WATERVILLE, CANADA.

METALLIC BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,564, dated February8, 1898.

Application filed January 11, 1897. Serial No. 618,696. (No model.)

To aZl whom z't may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS G. GALE, of

'W'aterville, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented an Improvement in Metallic Bedsteads, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representinglike parts.

Bedbottoms made. of wire or equivalent material have a tendency to sagat the middle, where they are subjected to the greatest strain, and tocompensate for such sagging one of the end rails to which the bed-bottomis attached has been curved upwardly or arched. In practice it has beenfound that arching the end rail but partially compensates for sagging;but I have found that by curving such end rail outwardly,'-as well asupwardly, the bed-bottom may be hung so that when in use it will liesubstantiallyflat. With such form of end rail, curved both up wardly andoutwardly, the strain upon it causes it to rock or tilt and soon loosensits end connections with the parts supporting it, and hence some meansmust be provided for holding it in fixed position. In wide beds having astraight end rail or one curved either upwardly or outwardly the strainupon it springs it, and thereby soon loosens the end connections, sothat even with such form of end rail some means must be provided forholding it in fixed position.

In accordance with this invention I provide the end rail with a suitablestay arranged vertically and connected to the main framework at twopoints and either passing throughor connected to said end rail.

Figure 1 shows an end view of a bed-frame provided with an upwardly andoutwardly curved end rail and stay therefor embodying this invention;Fig. 2, a vertical section of the parts shown in Fig; 1, taken on thedotted line w a; Fig. 3, an end ,view of a bed-frame having an upwardlyand outwardly curved end rail and a modified form of stay therefor; Fig.4, a vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 3, taken on the dottedline y y; Fig. 5, a perspective detail showing the end rail and staytherefor and casting or support to which the end rail is connected; Fig.6, avertical section of a bed-frame having a straight end rail and staytherefor; Fig. 7, a vertical 'sec tion of a bed-frame having anupwardlycurved end rail and stay therefor; Fig. 8, a vertical section ofa bed-frame having an outwardly-curved end rail and a stay therefor;Fig. 9, a modification to be referred to, and Fig. 10 a detail showing anarrow bed with vertical stay omitted and end rail connected to thecorner-blocks at points remote from their ends.

The bed -frame is herein represented as comprising corner-posts a,castings or blocks 1) thereon, provided with dovetailed recesses c toreceive the correspondingly-shaped proj ections, (not here shown, butwhich are ordinarily provided at the ends of the side rail 01,) and endrail connected with or attached to the blocks Z).

One of the ends, as e,is curved upwardly and outwardly, as shown inFigs. 1 to 5, and is provided with studs or other suitable means tofurnish a point of attachment for a bedbottom, and to prevent the saidend rail from projecting too far outwardly as to be objectionable it isattached to the block b at a remote point from its connection with thecorner-post, as at 20, for instance.

' As represented at Fig. 1, a stay or post f passes through a hole in anear f on the upwardly and outwardly curved end rail 8, said post beingconnected rigidly to the crossbars f f The bed-bottom is attached to theend and side rails in any usual or suitable manner,

and as the end rail e is curved upwardly thesurface of the bed-bottom inits normal position is slightly curved or arched, and as said end railis also curved outwardly the longitudinal strain on the bed-bottom atthe cen ter is greater than at the edges. Such curvatures being given tothe end rail thus effectually prevents sagging of the bed-bottom.

Instead of employing a post, as f, which passes through an car on theend rail as a stay to hold it in fixed position against rocking ortilting, which would be the case were said stay omitted, I may employany other suitable form or construction of stay-such, for instance, asthe vertical rod 3, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) connected at the ends to thecrossbars f f and at a point between its ends to the end rail by a bolt2-orI may employ the post f, (see Fig. 9,) which is connected to the endrail at one end and to the cross-bars f f thereby obtaining two fixedpoints of connection for the post. A vertical stay of this kind is alsoof advantage for other forms of end rail, particularly in widebeds-such, for instance, as shown in Fig. 6, where a straight end railis shown, and in Fig. 7, where an upwardly-curved end rail is shown, orin Fig. 8, where an outwardly-curved end rail is shown.

By providing corner-blocks b, as herein shown, having a post-receivinghole and an elongated recess to receive the projection on the end ofside rail in line with each other, a long block is necessitated, and byconnecting the outwardly-curved end rail to said block at a point besideor opposite the recess a, as

' at 20, instead of opposite the post-receiving hole the said end railwill not project beyond other parts of the head or foot of the bed, asthe case may be.

For narrow beds it is possible to omit the vertical stay, but in theevent of the end rail being curved outwardly, whether also curvedupwardly or not, I connect it to the cornerblocks at the points 20, asabove mentioned, and in case said end rail is connected to thecorner-blocks at points sufficiently remote from the posts the coverletof the bed may hang outside of and cover said end rail and yet be insideof the head or foot of the bed, or both, as the case may be. A narrowbed embodying this feature of the invention is represented in Fig. 10.

While I have herein represented the end rail as connected at its ends tothe cornerblocks, nevertheless, so far as its connection with thevertical stay is concerned, it may be otherwise supported at the ends.

I claim- 1.. A bed-bottom comprising corner-posts having blocks thereon,side rails, an end rail curved continuously upwardly and outwardly,having the inner ends thereof connected at or near the inner ends of thecornerblocks so as to lie within the plane in which the corner-posts'arelocated, a post passing through the end rail, and a fixed support forsaid post, substantially as described.

2. A bed-bottom comprising corner-posts, side rails, an end rail curvedoutwardly, having the inner ends thereof connected at or near the innerends of the corner-blocks, and cross-bars connected to the corner-postsabove and below the end rail, and supports for the end rail connected tothe end rail and cross-bars, substantially as described.

3. A bed-bottom, and an end curved continuously upwardly and outwardlyto which said bed-bottom is connected, combined with corner-posts, andblocks thereon to which said end rail curved as described, is connected,cross-bars above and below said end rail connected to the corner-posts,and supports forthe curved end rail connected to said end rail and saidcross-bars, substantially as described.

4. A bed-bottom comprising corner-posts having blocks thereon, siderails, an end rail curved outwardly, having the inner ends thereofconnected at or near the inner ends of the corner-blocks so as to liewithin the plane in which the corner-posts are located, cross-barsconnected to the corner-posts above and below the end rail, and supportsfor the end rail connected to the end rail and the cross-bars,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS G. GALE.

\Vitnesses:

W. H. WARD, CARL SUANSON.

